Mozart composed his final three symphonies (nos. 39, 40 and 41) during the summer of 1788, in the space of about two months. Mozart wasn’t known to compose merely as an outlet for spontaneous inspiration, but rather for financial reasons – scholarly research shows that these symphonies were intended for so-called “Concerts in the Casino" in a new casino in the Spiegelgasse owned by Philipp Otto. Mozart even sent a pair of tickets for this series to his fellow mason Michael Puchberg, which probably never took place. Some suggest Mozart took the three symphonies on the tour he made to Germany the following year, which would further undermine the long-held notion that the composer never heard three of the greatest works in the symphonic literature performed.
Read our commentary on August 5th @ http://itywltmt.blogspot.com/2016/08/karl-bohm-18941981.html, details @ https://archive.org/details/pcast227-Playlist. (ITYWLTMT Podcast #227 - 05 Aug, 2016)
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ITYWLTMT Podcast #227
Project 366 Listener Guide #28
“Karl Böhm (1894–1981)”
Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809)
Symphony no.88 in G Major, Hob. I:88 (‘The Letter V’)
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)
Symphony no.40 in G Minor, K. 550
Symphony no.41 in C Major, K. 551 ('Jupiter')
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Karl Böhm, conducting
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